Attitudinal Factors Affecting Wiki Group Collaboration for English Writing

• Authors: Chwen Jen Chen , Kee Man Chuah , Jimmy Tho , Chee Siong Teh
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Wikis, being one of the popular Web 2.0 tools, have impacted students’ engagement and performance particularly in the aspects of second and foreign language learning. While an increasing number of studies have focused on the effectiveness of wiki in improving students’ writing skills, this study was conducted to examine the attitudinal factors that influence English as a Second Language (ESL) students’ group collaboration in using wikis for a writing task that was divided into three phases: pre-writing, individual-construction, joint-constructions. Data collected from these students after completing this task was analyzed based on three attitudinal aspects: motivation, perceived usefulness, and perceived ease of use. The findings reveal high mean scores for all aspects. Further multiple regression analysis reveals that motivation is the most important factor associated with group collaboration, indicating the need to boost students’ motivation to encourage effective collaboration in completing wiki writing tasks.

Keywords

EN

Wiki; Attitudinal factors; Collaborative learning; Pedagogical issues; Language learning

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 18
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 22-35

Dates

published

2015-12-01

online

2016-01-26

Contributors

author

Chwen Jen Chen

• Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia []

author

Kee Man Chuah

• Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia []

author

Jimmy Tho

• Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia []

author

Chee Siong Teh

• Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia []

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/eurodl-2015-0011